Mike Schmidt and Gustavo Flores Echaiz are joined by Dusty Daemon to discuss Newsletter #398 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/03/27/).

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News No significant news this week was found on the Bitcoin-Dev or Lightning-Dev mailing lists.

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#what-is-meant-by-bitcoin-doesn-t-use-encryption)
      What is meant by Bitcoin doesn't use encryption?
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#when-and-why-did-bitcoin-script-shift-to-a-commit-reveal-structure)
      When and why did Bitcoin Script shift to a commit–reveal structure?
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#does-p2tr-ms-taproot-m-of-n-multisig-leak-public-keys)
      Does P2TR-MS (Taproot M-of-N multisig) leak public keys?
      (31:50 (javascript:void(0))31:50)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#does-op-checksigfromstack-intentionally-allow-cross-utxo-signature-reuse)
      Does OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK intentionally allow cross-UTXO signature reuse?
      (33:24 (javascript:void(0))33:24)

Releases and release candidates

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#bitcoin-core-28-4)
      Bitcoin Core 28.4
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#core-lightning-26-04rc1)
      Core Lightning 26.04rc1
      (36:19 (javascript:void(0))36:19)

Notable code and documentation changes

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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#bitcoin-core-33259)
      Bitcoin Core #33259
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#bitcoin-core-33414)
      Bitcoin Core #33414
      (39:49 (javascript:void(0))39:49)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#bitcoin-core-34846)
      Bitcoin Core #34846
      (41:38 (javascript:void(0))41:38)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#core-lightning-8450)
      Core Lightning #8450
      (13:39 (javascript:void(0))13:39)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#core-lightning-8856)
      Core Lightning #8856
      (22:08 (javascript:void(0))22:08)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#eclair-3247)
      Eclair #3247
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#ldk-4472)
      LDK #4472
      (25:00 (javascript:void(0))25:00)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#lnd-10602)
      LND #10602
      (47:25 (javascript:void(0))47:25)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#lnd-10481)
      LND #10481
      (49:38 (javascript:void(0))49:38)



    

  

  
  
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      ● (https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/03/31/#bolts-1160)
      BOLTs #1160
      (0:51 (javascript:void(0))0:51)

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